Valero Credit Card Offers Rebate to New Cardholders

Customers can get 30-cents-per-gallon deal for first three months

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Customers who sign up and are approved for a Valero credit card between now and September 30 can receive a 30-cents-per-gallon rebate on gasoline purchases made for the first three months their accounts are active, Valero officials said. A new promotional offer lets new accountholders use their cards at Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock and Beacon stores to receive the rebate on up to 100 gallons per month.

The rebate will appear automatically on customers' monthly statements.

The promotion began July 1 and follows up on Valero's successful [image-nocss] Fill Up to Fight Hunger campaign, which donated funds from customers' fillups at participating stores to local food banks.

Consumers can apply for the Valero Credit Card online at
www.valero.com/creditcard, by phone or through the new in-store Insta-Credit application at participating locations.

San Antonio, Texas-based Valero is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products and power. Its assets include 14 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 2.6 million barrels per day, 10 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.1 billion gallons per year and a 50-megawatt wind farm. Valero is also one of the largest retail operators with approximately 5,800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar and Beacon brands.